The Cartographers’ Guild is a forum created by and for map makers and aficionados, a place where every aspect of cartography can be admired, examined, learned, and discussed. Our membership consists of professional designers and artists, hobbyists, and amateurs—all are welcome to join and participate in the quest for cartographic skill and knowledge.

Although we specialize in maps of fictional realms, as commonly used in both novels and games (both tabletop and role-playing), many Guild members are also proficient in historical and contemporary maps. Likewise, we specialize in computer-assisted cartography (such as with GIMP, Adobe apps, Campaign Cartographer, Dundjinni, etc.), although many members here also have interest in maps drafted by hand.

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Hello!

Hey there! I stumbled on these forums while looking for images of fantasy worlds to get some ideas, and I decided to join. I love pouring over old road maps and seeing how everything has been routed and re-routed, and I also enjoy creating fantasy settings for tabletop RPGs. I have to say that, in the few minutes I've been here, I've seen some absolutely stunning work, and I'm hoping I can learn a bit and improve my pretty mediocre art! Even if I don't get to use my work in a game, it'd be fun to create anyway.

If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)